Phonograph-record holder



A. WENGER.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16,1921.

Pafignted May 9, 1922.

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FHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, I921- 1,415,749.

Patented May9,1922.

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IN VE N TOR 44E0NM/V056 A TTORNEYS ARON WENGER, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

IHONOGRAPH-RECORD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9,1922.

Appfieation filed November 16, 1921. Serial No. 515,634.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON VVENGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Phonograph-Record Holder, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to holders for phonograph disc records and contemplates a means for supporting and indexing records within a record cabinet or housing whereby to facilitate the storing, removal, and locating of the desiredrecord in a minimum of time. it

Heretofore records are either haphazardly stored in the record cabinet or are arranged in filing books, requiring that the operator withdraw the book from the cabinet, consult the index, remove the record, return the record to its proper envelop, alidreplace the book in the cabinet.

To eliminate the time incident to these operations and the trouble necessitated in indexing the records, a simple and inexpensi've ivoted supporting arm has been provide WlllCll includes a manipulating handle upon which an indicating card bearingthc name of the record is mounted whereby the operator may immediately locate and remove the desired record and return the same to its proper place.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 "s a front elevation of 'a record cabinet equipped with the record holding means, parts being broken away to disclose the underlyin structure.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken at the lower corner of the cabinet.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken ap l iroximately on the line 5-5 of F ig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary bottom plan View of the outer end of the supporting; arm.

F 7 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the inner end of the arm.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a record cabinet provided with the usual door 11 for closing the same. The means for supporting, and projecting the records into and out of the cabinet when the door is opened comprises a plurality of supporting arms 13 mounted on a common pivot rod 14 arranged vertically within the cabinet at one corner thereof adjacent the open front thereof. The arms are spaced apart and guided to swing horizontally by a plate 15 of substantially U-shaped formation in cross section which is secured to the side wall oi the cabinet and embraces the rod 14. The plate 15 is provided with horizontally and equi'distantly spaced slits 16 through which the inner perforated ends ofthe arms extend and receive the rod 14. The inner pivoted ends of the arms 13 are provided with angularly disposed extensions 16. the free terminals of which are bent at an angle to provide finger manipulating portions 17. The extensions 16 are provided with retaining lugs 18 adjacent their lower edges which are designed to coact with an inder: card 19 upon which the name of the record supported by the arm. is inscribed. Preferably the extensions 16 constitute an integral part of the arm which is bent to occupy a vertical plane or a plane at substantially right angles to the plane of the arm. The. outer free end of the arm 13 is longitudinally slotted as at 20 and provided on its under side with an enlarged recess 21 communicating with the slot 20; said slot 20 and recess 21 being; of gradually increasing widths from the outerendstoward the centers thereof. A. rotary supporting table or disk 22 is mounted for rotation and longitudinal sliding movement on the upper surface of the arm 13 by means of a headed stud 23, the shank of which extends through the slot 20 and the head of whi h is accommodated by a recess 21. The shank is threadedly engaged as at 24 in the table or disk 22 and is provided with an upstanding extremity 25 which is designed to be received by the center opening 26 of a disk record 27. By this arrangement the records are from, use being made of the extensions 16 to swing the arms.

In use and operatlon oi the device the operator, by manipulating the portions 17 of the arm with the finger, using the index cards 19 as a guide, may selectively swing the arm and the desired record exteriorly of the cabinet where it may be readily lifted from the table or disk 22 and placed on the phonograph. In swinging the arm, to pro ject the record from the cabinet, should the record he ofa size which will cause the peripheral edge thereof to contact with the side of the doorway of the cabinet, the slidable mounting will accommodate and permit of relative movement between the record and the supporting arm. When the record is returned to its position, the centrifugal force setup by the swinging action will tend to throw. the record toward the outer end of the supporting'arm, the outward movement being arrested by the arrival of the stud 23 at the outer end or" its slot. It will thus be seen that a'simple, safe and efiective means for the handling and storing of graphophone disk records has been provided whereby the records may be expeditiously selected and returned to the cabinet when desired.

I claim:

1. The combination with a graphophone record cabinet, of means for normally supporting the records in superposed relation within the cabinet, said means including members mounted for horizontal swinging movement to project the record from the cabinet or position the same therein, and elements carried by said members, said elements being connected therewith for rotary and sliding movements.

2. The combination with a graphophonc record cabinet, of means for normally supporting the records in superposed relation within the cabinet, said means being mounted for horizontal swinging movement to pro ject the record from the cabinet or position the same therein, said means comprising arms having their free ends slotted, a table supported by each arm and a trunnion tending through the table and received by the slotted portion of the arm to permit of rotary and sliding movements of the table on the arm.

3. The combination with a record cabinet, of means for rotatably and slidably supporting the records in superposed relation within the cabinet, comprising superposed arms, tables rotatably and slidably mounted on said arms at one extremity, and means for pivotally associating the opposite extremities of the arms for horizontal swinging movements whereby to eiiect the projection of the records from or positioning 0 t the same Within said cabinet.

4. The combination with a phonograph record cabinet, of means for handling and supporting the records to permit of the projection from or positioning of the same within the cabinet comprising a plurality of superposed arms a vertically disposed U- shaped plate secured to one side of the doorway, said plate having spaced horizontal slits for respectively receiving one end of each arm, a rod extending through said plate and said ends of the arms for pivoting the same for horizontal swinging movement, and angularly disposed manipulating extensions adjacent the pivoted ends of the arms adapted to support record indexing indicia.

5. The combination with a phonograph record cabinet, of means for handling and supporting the records to permit of the projection from or positioning of the same within the cabinet comprising a plurality of superposed arms pivoted adjacent one side of the doorway for horizontal swinging movement, a record supporting member mounted on the free end of the arm for relative longitudinal and sliding movements with respect thereto, and an angularly disposed manipulating extension adjacent the pivoted end of the arm.

6. The combination with a phonograph record cabinet, of means for handling and supporting the records to permit of the projection from or positioning of the same within the cabinet comprising a plurality of superposed arms pivoted adjacent one side of the doorway for horizontal swinging movement, a record supporting member mounted on the free end of the arm for relative longitudinal and sliding movements with respect thereto, an angularly disposed manipulating extension adjacent the pivoted end of the arm, and means carried by said extension whereby an index card may be associated therewith.

AARON VVENGER. 

